Lesley Weidenbener: Local government skepticism about tax plan to be expected

2:46 PM,
Feb. 1, 2014

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Lesley Weidenbener
| TheStatehouseFile.com

INDIANAPOLIS - Republican Gov. Mike Pence pitched his plan to phase out the property tax on business equipment in a long letter to local officials packed with data intended to make the case for his controversial proposal.

But it will be a tough case to make to the people trying to run cities, counties, schools, libraries and other local government functions. They're the ones who would lose valuable tax revenue if the personal property tax goes away.

The tax generates more than $1 billion in tax receipts each year for local governments. A study by the Legislative Services Agency shows that if the ...